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Revision as of 02:44, 1 November 2010
‘’This is a list of disasters in modern Australia sorted by death toll.
100 or more deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Epidemic | Australia-wide | 12,000+ | 19181918–1919 | 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic; approximate death toll. Sydney was the worst affected area.[1] |
Epidemic | Australia-wide | 1,013 | 19461946–1955 | Polio epidemic.[2] |
Sea battle | Indian Ocean, near Shark Bay | 727 | 1941-11-1919 November 1941 | Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran. Both ships sank; all 645 aboard Sydney were killed, along with 82 personnel from Kormoran.[3][4] |
Epidemic | Australia-wide | 550 | 19001900–1910 | Bubonic plague.[5] |
Heat wave | Victoria | 438 | 1939-01Dec 1938-Feb 1939 | Heatwave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below).[6] |
Heat wave | South-eastern Australia | 437 | 18951895–1896 | Widespread heatwave killed 437, including 47 in Bourke, New South Wales.[7] |
Cyclone | Bathurst Bay, Queensland | 410 | 1899-03 4 March 1899 | Cyclone Mahina; estimated toll.[8] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 406 | 18451845 | Cataraqui. Australia's worst maritime civil disaster incident.[9] |
Heatwave | South-eastern Australia | 374 | 2009-01-25January 25 to February 9, 2009 | 2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave. A nine day heatwave with Adelaide recording a record six consecutive days over Template:C to F, a record high of Template:C to F and a record overnight minimum of Template:C to F on January 28.[10][11] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the Heatwave[12] |
Shipwreck | coast near Murchison River, Western Australia | 286 | 1712-04April 1712 | Sinking of Dutch ship Zuytdorp. There has been speculation that there were survivors, who may have been assisted by local Aborigines.[13][14] |
Sinking | Off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland | 268 | 1943-05-1414 May 1943 | Sinking of AHS Centaur. Hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.[15] |
Heat wave | Southern states | 246 | 1907-12December 1907-January 1908 | [16] |
Air raids | Darwin, Northern Territory | 243 | 1942-02-1919 February 1942 | First bombings of Darwin. The first Japanese air raids against Australia. The toll may have been higher, itinerants and Aboriginal persons may be under-represented in the official count.[17] |
Prison break | Cowra, New South Wales | 235-238 | 1944-08-055 August 1944 | Cowra breakout. Escape by Japanese POWs.[18][19] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 224 | 1835-05-1313 May 1835 | Neva [20][21] |
Shipwreck | Perth, Western Australia | 186 | 1656-04April 1656 | Vergulde Draeck[22] |
Bushfires | Victoria | 173 | 2009-02February 2009 | Black Saturday bushfires[23] |
Cyclone/Sinking | Western Australia | 149 | 1912-03-011 March 1912 | SS Koombana[24][25] |
Heatwaves | Australia-wide | 147 | 19201920–1921 | [26] |
Heatwaves | Australia-wide | 143+ | 19111911–1912 | [27] |
Cyclone | Broome, Western Australia | 141 | 1935-03March 1935 | Pearling fleet devastated [28] |
Cyclone | Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia | 140 | 18841884 | Pearling fleet sunk [29] |
Shipwreck | D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania | 133 | 1835-04-1212 April 1835 | George III [30] |
Shipwreck | Cape York, Queensland | 133 | 1890-02-2828 February 1890 | RMS Quetta [31] |
Heatwave | Southern states | 130 | 19261926–1927 | [32] |
Shipwreck/mutiny/ massacre |
Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | 125+ | 1629-06June–July 1629 | Sinking of the Dutch ship Batavia, after which mutineers murdered 125 other passengers. The death toll of 125 does not include the mutineers, of whom seven were immediately hanged and two cast away when the passengers were rescued. Most of the remaining mutineers were later executed.[33] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 122+ | 19131913–1914 | [34] |
Cyclone/Sinking | North-eastern Queensland | 122 | 1911-03-1616 March 1911 | SS Yongala[35] |
Shipwreck | Sydney, New South Wales | 121 | 1857-08-2020 August 1857 | Dunbar. 1 survivor.[36] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 112 | 19391939–1940 | [37] |
Heatwave | Australia-wide | 109 | 19091909–1910 | [38] |
Heatwave | Southern regions, Australia | 105+ | 19591959 | One source puts death toll at 145[39][40][41] |
Cyclone/sinking | Ayr, Queensland | 102-112 | 1875-02-2424 February 1875 | SS Gothenburg. Records of passengers vary [42][43][44] |
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The Centaur memorial, in Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland, commemorates the sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur in 1943, which claimed 268 lives.
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At least 243 people died in the Japanese air raids on Darwin in 1942.
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Japanese prisoners of war practice baseball on the sports ground near their quarters, several weeks before the 1944 Cowra breakout, in which at least 235 people died.
50 to 99 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Heatwave | Southern regions Australia | 99 | December 1972 to February 1973 | [45] |
Cyclone | Northern Queensland | 99 | March 1934 | Cyclone and 9.1 m storm surge [46] |
Explosion | Mount Kembla, New South Wales | 96 | 31 July 1902 | Mount Kembla Colliery gas explosion. Coal mine gas explosion [47] |
Shipwreck | Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia | 93 | 23 April 1622 | Tryall. Earliest recorded Australian shipwreck [48] |
Flood | Gundagai, New South Wales | 89 | 24 June 1852 | [49] |
Shipwreck | near Carpenter Rocks, in South East South Australia | 89 | 6 August 1859 | SS Admella.[50] South Australia's worst loss of life |
Air raid | Broome, Western Australia | 88 | 3 March 1942 | Air raid on Broome. Japanese fighter planes strafed the town. Official toll; may not include some refugees from the Dutch East Indies. |
Rail accident | Sydney, New South Wales | 83 | 18 January 1977 | Granville railway disaster. Derailment followed by bridge collapse |
Sinking | twenty miles south-east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales | 82 | 10 February 1964 | Melbourne-Voyager collision - HMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne |
Explosion | Bulli, New South Wales | 81 | 23 March 1887 | Bulli Colliery coal mine gas explosion [51] |
Shipwreck | King Island, Tasmania | 79 | 23 May 1874 | British Admiral[52] |
Cyclone | Queensland coast, particularly Innisfail | 77+ | 10 March 1918 | Cyclone and storm surge with death toll estimated between 77 and 100.[53] |
Storms | New South Wales between Port Stephens and Sydney | 77 | 12 July 1866 | 60 lives lost on SS Cawarra alone.[54] |
Explosion | Mount Mulligan, Queensland | 76 | 16 September 1921 | Mount Mulligan coal dust explosion [55] |
Bushfire | Victoria and South Australia | 75 | 16 February 1983 | Ash Wednesday fires[56] |
Shipwreck | Green Cape | 71 | 31 May 1886 | Ly-Ee-Moon [57] |
Bushfire | Victoria | 71 | 13 January 1939 | Black Friday bushfires |
Cyclone | Darwin | 71 | 24 December 1974 | Cyclone Tracy destroys the city of Darwin. On 17 March 2005, a Northern Territory Coroner's Inquest outcome increased the official death toll from 65 to 71.[58] |
Flood | Clermont, Queensland | 65 | 27 December 1916 | [59] |
Bushfire | Tasmania | 62 | 1967 | 1967 Tasmanian fires |
Cyclone | near Roebourne and Geraldton, Western Australia | 61-71 | 1894 | Estimated toll includes those lost at sea and those killed in flooding at Geraldton [60] |
Shipwreck | Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | 60 | 1727 | Zeewyk. Approximate death toll [61] |
Shipwreck | Newcastle, New South Wales | 60 | 12 July 1866 | SS Cawarra;; sank during storm in Newcastle Harbour. |
Bushfire | Victoria | 60 | February–March 1926 | [62] |
Cyclone | Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia | 59-69 | 1875–1876 | Most casualties were at sea [63][64] |
Shipwreck | Mutton Bird Island, off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria | 53 | 1 June 1878 | Loch Ard. Sources vary on exact death toll (2 survivors).[65][66] |
Bushfire | Victoria | 51 | 1943–1944 | [67] |
Shipwreck | Brisbane, Queensland | 50 | February 1896 | Pearl [68] |
Cyclone | Around Broome, Western Australia | 50 | 1908 | [69] |
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10 to 49 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Cyclonic effects | North coast, New South Wales | 46 | 1923 | [70] |
Rail accident | Sunshine, Victoria | 44 | 1908 | Sunshine train disaster. Rear end collision |
Air Disaster | near Mackay, Queensland | 40 | 14 June 1943 | Bakers Creek air crash. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress crashes shortly after take-off.[71] |
Fire | Queenstown, Tasmania | 42+ | 1912 | 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster. Mine fire. True toll may be higher due to subsequent deaths from the effects of the fire [72] |
Shipwreck | near Edithburgh, South Australia | 40 | 31 January 1909 | Clan Ranald [73][74] |
Sinking | Sydney | 40-42 | 3 November 1927 | Sydney ferry disaster[75][76] |
Shipwreck | Cardwell, Queensland | 36 | 1872 | Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aborigines although others were helped [77][78] |
Flood | Melbourne suburbs and Southern Victoria | 35 | 29 November to 1 December 1934 | Torrential rainfall of up to 350 mm. Yarra River becomes raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless.[79][80] |
Massacre | Port Arthur, Tasmania | 35 | 28 April 1996 | Port Arthur massacre. Shooting massacre |
Shipwreck | Jervis Bay, New South Wales, | 35 | 1 September 1876 | The steamer Dandenong lost during severe storm.[81] |
Shipwreck | Cheviot Beach, Victoria | 35 | 20 October 1887 | SS Cheviot |
Bridge collapse | Melbourne | 35 | 15 October 1970 | West Gate Bridge. 35 construction workers died due to a collapse during construction[82] |
Road accident | Kempsey, New South Wales | 35 | 22 December 1989 | Kempsey bus crash . Two tourist coaches collided head-on [83] |
Cyclone | Queensland coast, particularly Mackay | 30 | January 1918 | Mackay Cyclone[53][84] |
Shipwreck | near Southend, south east South Australia | 31 | 14 June 1876 | Geltwood. Wreck not found for two weeks. No survivors.[85][86] |
Shipwreck | off Wilsons Promontory in Bass Strait | 31 | 1 December 1935 | SS Paringa Sunk during storm while towing another vessel. All officers and crew lost.[87][88] |
Fire | Melbourne | 30 | 13 August 1966 | William Booth Memorial Hostel fire. Convalescent home for men [89] |
Air disaster | Mackay | 29 | 10 June 1960 | TAA Fokker Friendship disaster. Crashed into sea |
Cyclone/sinking. | Western Australia | 29 | April 1991 | Cyclone Fife. 27 lost in shipwreck of Mineral Diamond [90][91] |
Riot and insurrection | Ballarat, Victoria | 28 | 3 December 1854 | Eureka Stockade. Exact death toll remains unknown. |
Massacre | Myall Creek, near Inverell, New South Wales | 28 | 9 June 1838 | Myall Creek massacre. 28 Aboriginal people killed by white stockmen [92] |
Cyclone | Darwin, Northern Territory | 28 | January 1897 | [93][94] |
Air accident | York near Perth | 28 | 26 June 1950 | ANA Skymaster Amana crash. 1 survivor [95] |
Shipwreck | Kangaroo Island, South Australia | 27 | September 1905 | Loch Vennachar[96] |
Air accident | Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Queensland | 27 | 7 August 1943 | C-47 Dakota plane crash. Plane crashed after takeoff.[97] |
Shipwreck/Massacre | Coorong, South Australia | 26 | 1840 | Maria. Survivors murdered.[98][99] Exactly what took place remains controversial.[citation needed] |
Explosion | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | 26 | 21 May 1945 | Kapooka Army Base soldiers received instruction of demolition work in a bunker which was 3 metres (9.8 ft) below the ground when an explosion took place which resulted in Australia's largest military funeral.[100][101] |
Cyclone | Gold Coast and northern New South Wales | 26 | February 1954 | [102] |
Air accident | Port Hedland, Western Australia | 26 | 31 December 1968 | Port Hedland plane crash. In-flight break up of Viscount 720C aircraft VH-RMQ [103] |
Flood | Hunter Valley, New South Wales | 25 | February 1955 | 1955 Hunter Valley floods. Most deaths were around Singleton and Maitland, but most other river systems in the state were also in flood.[104][105] |
Rail accident | Wodonga, Victoria | 25 | 1943 | Train hit bus carrying army personnel [106] |
Air accident | Seven Mile Beach, near Hobart | 25 | March 1946 | Australian National Airways plane [39] |
Air accident | Winton, Queensland | 24 | 22 September 1966 | Ansett-ANA Viscount disaster. VH-RMI enroute Mount Isa - Longreach |
Shipwreck | Gosford | 24 | 6 May 1898 | Maitland[107] |
Air accident | Kudjeru Gap, in the Australian territory of Papua New Guinea | 24 | August 1972 | RAAF Caribou aircraft crashes in rugged mountainous country enroute from Lae to Port Moresby, killing 24 of the 28 people on board. |
Bushfire | Southern regions of Victoria | 23 | January 1969 | 280 fires. 17 casualties at Lara [108] |
Mine disaster | Creswick, Central Victoria | 22 | 12 December 1882 | New Australasia gold mine. 44 miners trapped when a flooded mine shaft is breached. 22 men drown.[109] |
Flood | Northern Tasmania | 22 | April 1929 | Eight drowned when truck ploughed into river and 14 died when dam collapsed and wall swept into town[110] |
Heatwave | South-east Queensland | 22 | January 2000 | [111] |
Road accident | Grafton, New South Wales | 21 | 20 October 1989 | Grafton bus crash. A head-on collision between a tourist coach and a truck.[112] |
Air accident | Coolangatta, Queensland | 21 | 10 March 1949 | Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crashes shortly after take-off due to imbalanced load.[113] |
Shipwreck | Trial Bay, New South Wales | 19-21 | September 1816 | [114] |
Shipwreck | Smokey Cape, New South Wales | 21 | 25 August 1969 | Noongah sank |
Shipwreck | off Gabo Island, Bass Strait | 21 | 1 March 1901 | SS Federal vanished without trace. All crewmembers lost.[115][116] |
Air accident | Mossman, Queensland | 20 | 7 September 1944 | Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force Douglas C-47 Dakota crashes en-route between Merauke, Dutch East Indies and Cairns. |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 19 | 25 August 1981 | Rembrant Hotel.[117] |
Shipwreck | Adelaide, South Australia | 18+ | 13 July 1888 | Star of Greece. Exact number of lives lost uncertain.[118] |
Road accident | Tumut Pond, New South Wales | 18 | 1 September 1973 | Brake failure caused bus to plummet into reservoir [119] |
Air accident | Townsville, Queensland | 18 | 12 June 1996 | Two Army Blackhawk helicopters collided[120] |
Landslide | Thredbo, New South Wales | 18 | 1997 | 1997 Thredbo landslide |
Air accident | Dandenongs, Victoria | 18 | 1938 | 1938 Kyeema Crash |
Rail accident | Brooklyn, New South Wales | 17 | 1944 | Train ploughed into bus at Hawksbury River station [121] |
Rail accident | Wasleys Crossing, near Gawler, South Australia | 17 | 12 April 1970 | Wasleys Crossing (Gawler) disaster. Bus collided with a passenger train [122] |
Explosion | Ipswich, Queensland | 17 | 31 July 1972 | Mine gas explosion in the Box Flat Colliery [123] |
Heatwave | South-Eastern regions, Australia | 17 | February 1993 | Possibility of additional unreported deaths [124] |
Shipwreck | Bass Strait Victorian coast | 16 | 29 November 1934 | SS Coramba left Warrnambool for Melbourne and was never seen again. Believed lost during storm.[125][126] |
Rail accident | Camp Mountain, Queensland | 16 | 5 May 1947 | Camp Mountain train disaster. A crowded picnic train derailed on bend |
Fire | Sylvania Heights, New South Wales | 16 | 29 April 1981 | Pacific Nursing Home fire.[127] |
Air accident | Botany Bay, New South Wales | 15 | 30 November 1961 | Ansett-ANA Viscount plane crash. All occupants (11 passengers and 4 crew) died.[128] |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 15 | 25 December 1975 | Savoy Hotel Fire. Arson [129] |
Shipwreck | near Cape Schanck, Victoria | 15 | 28 December 1893 | SS Alert |
Fire | Fortitude Valley, Queensland | 15 | 8 March 1973 | Whiskey Au Go Go fire. Arson |
Cyclone/Sinking | near Carnarvon, Western Australia | 15 | 1979 | Cyclone Hazel[130] |
Heatwave | South-eastern regions of Australia | 15 | February 1981 | [131] |
Air accident | Lockhart River, Queensland | 15 | 7 May 2005 | Lockhart River plane crash [132] |
Fire | Childers, Queensland | 15 | June 2000 | Robert Long received a life sentence for starting the fire at Childers Palace backpackers hostel [133][134] |
Bushfire | Dandenong Ranges and Lara, Victoria | 14* | January 14–16, 1962 | Casualty numbers vary between 9,[135] 14,[39][136] and 32.[108][137] |
Bushfires | Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra, New South Wales | 14* | January 1968 | *Sources vary on death toll but most say 14.[138] |
Cyclone | Whitsunday Islands, Queensland | 14 | January 1970 | Cyclone Ada |
Cyclone | Brisbane, Queensland | 14 | 27 January 1974 | 1974 Brisbane flood. Cyclone Wanda [139] |
Explosion | Appin, New South Wales | 14 | 24 July 1979 | Appin Colliery Gas Explosion during a pre-planned ventilation change.[140] |
Explosion | Wonthaggi, Victoria | 13 | 15 February 1937 | Dalyson Colliery[141] |
Air accident | Tamworth, New South Wales | 13 | January 1960 | [39] |
Explosion | Kianga, near Moura, Queensland | 13 | 20 September 1975 | Kianga Mine explosion [142] |
Air accident | Sydney Airport | 13 | 21 February 1980 | Light aircraft suffers engine failure [143] |
Air accident | near Alice Springs, Northern Territory | 13 | 13 August 1989 | Collision between 2 hot air balloons [144] |
Earthquake | Newcastle, New South Wales | 13 | 28 December 1989 | 1989 Newcastle earthquake |
Flood | Windsor, New South Wales | 12 | 21 June 1867 | 12 members of the Eather family swept away in flood.[145] |
Bushfire | Gippsland, Victoria | 12 | 1 February 1898 | "Red Tuesday" bushfires. 2,600 km² burnt, 12 people killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed.[146] |
Bushfire | Victoria – Portland, Plenty Ranges, Westernport, Wimmera and Dandenong districts | 12* | 6 February 1851 | "Black Thursday" bushfires. *Approximately 12 fatalities, one million sheep, thousands of cattle, 50,000 km² burnt.[146] |
Shipwreck | Calgardup Bay, Western Australia | 12 | 1 December 1876 | SS Georgette[147] |
Bridge collapse | Hobart, Tasmania | 12 | 5 January 1975 | Tasman Bridge disaster. The bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra collided with the bridge, causing a section to fall onto the vessel. 7 crewmen died as the ship sank. 5 people perished as their cars plummeted off the edge. |
Explosion | Moura, Queensland | 12 | 16 July 1986 | Explosion in Moura No 4 Mine[148] |
Fire | Dungog, New South Wales | 12 | 2 August 1991 | Palm Grove Hostel fire[149] |
Rail accident | Near Kerang, Victoria | 11 | 5 June 2007 | Kerang train crash. A V/Line train collides with a truck at a level crossing.[150] |
Road accident | Boondall, Queensland | 12 | 1 October 1994 | Boondall bus crash[151] |
Rail accident | Near Horsham, Victoria | 11 | 24 February 1951 | A train collides with a bus at a level crossing.[152] |
Serial killing | Remains discovered in Snowtown, South Australia | 11 | 1999 | Snowtown murders.[153] |
Air accident | Mount Emerald, Queensland | 11 | 11 May 1990 | [154] |
Bushfire | Victoria | 10 | January 1965 | [155] |
Air Accident | Canberra | 10 | 13 August 1940 | Senior War Cabinet Ministers, Chief of Staff and others killed when their plane crashed in fine weather. |
Storm/Flood | Hunter and Central Coast regions, New South Wales | 10 | 8–11 June 2007 | Storm and flooding[156] |
Rail accident | Near Traveston railway station, Queensland | 10 | 9 June 1925 | 10 died and 48 injured when a passenger carrige and luggage van of the Rockhampton Mail plunged off a high trestle bridge.[157] |
Massacre | South Australia | 10 | Sept 1971 | Father kills 10 members of his family |
Heatwave | Eastern and Southern regions Australia | 10+ | January–February 1997 | Strong likelihood of additional unreported deaths [158] |
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The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryant opened fire in the former penal colony.
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Two Australian Army S-70A Blackhawk helicopters, similar to the one pictured, crashed in 1996 near Townsville, killing 18 Australian soldiers.
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A memorial stone to some of those who died during the Eureka Stockade in 1854.
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The ANA Skymaster Amana crash claimed 29 lives in 1950.
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The crash of an ANA aircraft near Seven Mile Beach in 1946 claimed 25 lives.
Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Rail accident | Violet Town, Victoria | 9 | 7 February 1969 | Violet Town railway disaster. Head on collision after driver died at controls.[159] |
Landslide | Gracetown, Western Australia | 9 | 27 September 1996 | 5 adults and 4 children died when a cliff face collapsed at Cowaramup Bay near Gracetown (Margaret River)[160][161] |
Air accident | Williamtown, NSW-Lord Howe Island | 9 | 2 October 1994 | Seaview Air Aero Commander 690 crashes between Williamtown, NSW and Lord Howe Island.[162] |
Bushfire | Eyre Peninsula, South Australia | 9 | 11 January 2005 | Eyre Peninsula Bushfire.[163] |
Massacre | Melbourne | 9 | 8 December 1987 | Queen Street massacre. Shooting massacre |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 9 | August 1981 | Rembrandt Apartments Hostel Fire. Fire.[164] |
Air accident | Snowy Mountains, New South Wales | 8 | 21 March 1931 | Southern Cloud |
Bushfire | Wandilo, South Australia | 8 | April 1958 | 8 firefighters died [165] |
Bushfire | Western Victoria | 8 | February 1977 | Around Streatham was the worst affected area.[166] |
Air accident | Off Whyalla, South Australia | 8 | 31 May 2000 | Whyalla Airlines Disaster. All on board drowned, Chris Schuppan's body was never recovered |
Explosion | Off Dampier, Western Australia | 8 | 18 November 2001 | Nigo Kim cargo ship explosion.[167] |
Flood | Canberra | 7 | 26 January 1971 | 1971 Canberra flood. Seven motorists were killed when their cars were swept into a creek.[39] |
Fire | Sydney | 7 | 9 June 1979 | Fire engulfs the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park Sydney. May have been arson.[168] |
Serial killing | Near Berrima, New South Wales | 7+ | 1989–1994 | Backpacker Murders. Remains of seven backpackers found in the Belanglo State Forest. The killer remains the Prime suspect for another 16 still unsolved murders and is a Person of interest for another 14. There is evidence he may not have acted alone. |
Serial killing | Near Truro, South Australia | 7 | 1976–1977 | Truro murders. Remains of seven young women found in bushland. |
Massacre | Milperra, New South Wales | 7 | 1984 | Milperra massacre. Shooting massacre |
Massacre | Clifton Hill, Victoria | 7 | 1987 | Hoddle Street massacre. Shooting massacre |
Massacre | Terrigal, Central Coast NSW | 7 | 1992 | Central Coast Massacre. Shooting massacre |
Flood | Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria | 7 | 1990 | Nyngan and Charleville Flood. More than a million square kilometres of flooding.[169] |
Massacre | Strathfield, New South Wales | 7 | 1991 | Strathfield Massacre |
Cyclone | Around Cairns, Queensland | 7 | March 1997 | Cyclone Justin. 1 death from landslide. There were also 26 deaths from the same cyclone in Papua New Guinea.[170] |
Rail accident | Glenbrook, New South Wales | 7 | December 1999 | Glenbrook train disaster. Collision by a CityRail Intercity train into the rear wagon of an Indian Pacific train after "Stop and Proceed". |
Heatwave | around Adelaide, South Australia | 7 | February 2000 | [171] |
Rail accident | Waterfall, New South Wales | 7 | January 2003 | Waterfall train disaster. Excessive speed resulting in derailment after driver died at the controls and 'dead man' safety device failed to function.[172] |
Serial killing | Tynong North and Frankston, Victoria | 6 | December 1980 | Remains found in bushland. Investigation still open.[173][174] |
Industrial accident | Spotswood, Victoria | 6 | 1895 | Spotswood Sewer Disaster. The drilling of an underground sewer in Melbourne went too close to the Yarra River.[175] |
Landslide | Between Blackwood, South Australia and Belair, South Australia | 6 | 31 January 1928 | Hills Railway line disaster. Railway embankment collapsed during tunnel demolition.[176] |
Flood | Sydney and Penrith, New South Wales | 6 | February to March 1978 | [177] |
Flood | Hawkesbury, New South Wales | 6 | August 1986 | Hawkesbury and Georges River Flood.[178] |
Air accident | Essendon, Victoria | 6 | 10 July 1978 | Aircraft with a crew of two and one passenger crashed into houses shortly after take off from Essendon Airport. 6 members of one family were killed.[179] |
Air accident | Essendon, Victoria | 6 | 3 September 1986 | Air Ambulance Cessna (call signal RED) crashed on take off from Essendon Airport after single engine failure.[180] |
Flood/cyclone | Southern Queensland and northern New South Wales | 6 | February 1990 | Drowning deaths caused by Cyclone Nancy[181] |
Rail accident | Brooklyn, New South Wales | 6 | 6 May 1990 | Commuter train crashed into a stalled chartered steam train.[182] |
Maritime accident | Tasman Sea | 6 | 1998 | 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. 5 boats sank and 6 people died. |
Battle | Broken Hill, New South Wales | 6 | 1 January 1915 | Battle of Broken Hill. Two Turkish immigrants open fire on a train carrying picnickers.[183] |
Road accident | Cardross, near Mildura, Victoria | 6 | 18 February 2006 | Cardross road accident. Car ploughs into group of teenagers, driver flees |
Fire | Kings Cross, New South Wales | 6 | 17 September 1989 | Downunder Hostel Fire. Arson attack.[184] |
Sinking | Sydney Harbour | 6 | 1 May 2008 | 6 killed and 9 injured when two boats collided.[185] |
Massacre | North Epping, New South Wales | 5 | 18 July 2009 | Family slain at home |
Air accident | Willowbank, Queensland | 5 | 2 January 2006 | Skydiving Cessna 206 plane crash.[186] |
Air accident | Off East Sale, Victoria | 5 | 29 October 1991 | RAAF Boeing 707 crash.[187] |
Mass Murder | Inland Motel at the base of Uluru | 5 | 18 August 1983 | Douglas Crabbe rammed his 25-ton Mack truck through the wall of the motel's bar.[188] |
Sinking | North of Bermagui, New South Wales | 5 | 9 October 1880 | Mystery Bay disappearance. Crew of 5 men in a small boat disappears off the NSW south coast. Boat found at Mutton Fish Point (now Mystery Bay) with some of the crews belongings. |
Landslide | Cairns, Queensland | 5 | 31 May 1900 | Riverstone landslide. Tramway cutting caves in on workers[189] |
Rail accident | Sydenham, New South Wales | 5 | 1953 | Sydenham Rail Disaster. Wrong side failure causes rear end collision of two trains |
Heatwave | Southern South Australia and northern Victoria | 5+ | January 1990 | Likelihood of additional unreported deaths.[190] |
Heatwave | Townsville region | 5 | January 1994 | [191] |
Bushfire | Linton, Victoria | 5 | 1998 | Linton bushfire. Wildfire engulfs five volunteer firefighters.[192] |
Rail accident | Salisbury railway station, Adelaide | 4 | 24 October 2002 | The Ghan passenger train hit a car and a bus at a busy level crossing at Salisbury, in Adelaide's north.[193] |
Sinking | Cairns, Queensland | 4 | 13 September 1947 | HMAS Warrnambool. Sunk while clearing minefields after World War II.[194] |
Flood/cyclone | North and Central Coast, Queensland | 4-5 | December 1990 and January 1991 | Extensive damage from flooding caused by Cyclone Joy[195][196] |
Heatwave | Melbourne | 4+ | December 1990 | Likelihood of additional unreported deaths[197] |
Bushfire | Eastern Seaboard, New South Wales | 4 | January 1994 | Over 800 bushfires. 3 of the dead were firefighters [39] |
Flood | Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales | 4 | May 1996 | [198] |
Sinking | Sydney Harbour | 4 | 28 March 2007 | HarbourCat ferry Pam Burridge collides with pleasure cruiser Merinda.[199][200] |
Landslide | Cradle Mountain National Park | 4 | 18 February 2001 | 4 people died when landslide causes a bus to fall into a ravine [201] |
Air accident | Toowoomba, Queensland | 4 | 27 November 2001 | Plane hit powerlines [202] |
Bushfire | Canberra | 4 | 18 January 2003 | 2003 Canberra bushfires. Bushfire reaches capital city suburbs[203] |
Fire | Indian Ocean | 4 | 5 May 1998 | HMAS Westralia. Unsuitable fuel hose in engine room bursts, spraying diesel which ignites, creating a fireball below deck.[204] |
Air accident | Newman, Western Australia | 4 | 26 January 2001 | Fuel starvation on Western Australia Police aircraft.[205] |
Mining accident | Parkes, New South Wales | 4 | 25 November 1999 | A gust of air made its way along the access tunnel causing a truck to roll over two, while falling rocks killed the other pair. |
Bushfire | Boorabin National Park Western Australia | 3 | 27 December 2009 | |
Road accident/fire | Melbourne | 3 | 23 March 2007 | Burnley Tunnel Fire. Traffic accident resulting in explosion and fire.[206] |
Road accident | Armadale, Western Australia | 3 | 27 October 2009 | 2 car head-on collision[207] |
Air accident | Tambo, Queensland | 3 | 24 March 1927 | Qantas de Havilland DH-9C crash[208] |
Terrorism | Sydney | 3 | 13 February 1978 | Sydney Hilton bombing. Bomb explosion outside Sydney Hilton Hotel during the CHOGRM[209] |
Cyclone | south of Innisfail, Queensland | 3 | February 1986 | Category 3 Cyclone Winifred in region from Cairns to Ingham.[39][210] |
Cyclone | Townsville, Queensland | 3 | December 1971 | Cyclone Althea. Cyclone and storm surge.[39] |
Flood | Katherine, Northern Territory | 3 | January 1998 | Flooding cause by ex-tropical cyclone Les.[39] |
Bushfire | Ferny Creek, Victoria, | 3 | 21 January 1997 | 3 dead in bushfire lit by arsonist. |
Severe storm | Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Sydney and central western regions | 3 | November 2001 | [211] |
Rail Accident | Trawalla, Victoria | 2 | 28 April 2006 | 2 people killed in level-crossing train accident at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria [212] |
Bushfire | Grampians, Victoria | 2 | 22 January 2006 | A father and son died in a bushfire in Victoria's west. |
Flood | Mackay, Queensland | 1 | 16 February 2008 | Multiple storm cells resulted in flash flooding in the city of Mackay on 15 February 2008. The flooding caused millions of dollars of damage, with one person dying due to drowning.[citation needed] |
Hailstorm | Sydney, New South Wales | 1 | 14 April 1999 | 1999 Sydney hailstorm; most costly single natural disaster in Australia's history, with A$1.7 billion in insured damages and approximately A$2.3 billion total (1999 values). |
Mine disaster | Beaconsfield, Tasmania | 1 | 25 April 2006 | Beaconsfield Mine collapse |
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The Canberra bushfires of 2003 claimed 4 lives.
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Roadside memorials at Cardross, Victoria, where 6 teenagers lost their lives in a hit-and-run accident on 18 February 2006.
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The crash of the Southern Cloud in 1931 claimed 8 lives.
Significant incidents of Australians being killed overseas
Excludes deaths attributable to war.
Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
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Terrorism | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 89 | 12 October 2002 | 2002 Bali Bombing |
Tsunami | Thailand and Sri Lanka | 26 | 26 December 2004 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
Air accident | Denpasar, Indonesia | 16 | 22 April 1974 | Pan Am Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain, a total of 107 people were killed.[213] |
Flood | Interlaken, Switzerland | 14 | July 28, 1999 | Flash flood hits canyoning expedition. |
Terrorism | New York City and Arlington County, United States | 11 | 11 September 2001 | September 11, 2001 attacks. |
Air accident | near Isurava, Papua New Guinea | 9 | 12 August 2009 | Airlines PNG Flight CG4684 - Airlines PNG De Havilland Twin Otter 300 crashes in mountainous terrain. |
Air accident | Nias Island, Indonesia | 9 | 2 April 2005 | 2005 Nias Island WS-61 Sea King crash crashes while providing relief services to victims of the 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
Air accident | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 9 | August 1974 | [214] |
Air accident | Republic of the Congo | 6 | 20 June 2010 | 2010 Cameroon Aero Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash |
Road accident | Outside Cairo, Egypt | 6 | 11 January 2006 | Bus swerves and flips on major highway |
Air accident | Near Suva, Fiji | 6 | 24 July 1999 | Air Fiji Bandeirante hits mountain ridge |
Poisoning | Balikpapan, Dutch East Indies | 6 | 1945 | Australian soldiers accidentally drink methyl alcohol from ruptured drums[215] |
Air accident | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 5 | 7 March 2007 | Garuda Indonesia flight 200 |
Tsunami | Samoa | 5 | 30 September 2009 | 2009 Samoa earthquake |
Air accident | Kallang Airport, Singapore | 5 | 13 March 1954 | BOAC Lockheed Constellation flying from Sydney crashes on landing. |
Road accident | Kota Tinggi, Malaysia | 5 | 1993 | Truck carrying Australian soldiers of 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment hit by a bus. |
Air accident | near San Francisco | 4+ | 29 October 1953 | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304 crashes on approach to San Francisco. |
Bridge collapse | Ramat Gan, Israel | 4 | 14 July 1997 | Maccabiah bridge collapse |
Terrorism | Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 4 | 1 October 2005 | 2005 Bali Bombings |
Air accident | near Goroka, Papua New Guinea | 4 | 17 June 1999 | Airlink Embraer Bandeirante crashes on approach |
Cyclone | Gulf of Thailand, Thailand | 4 | 3 November 1989 | Drilling Ship Seacrest capsized during Typhoon Gay. |
Air accident | Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia | 3 | 4 December 1977 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 653. |
Terrorism | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3 | 17 July 2009 | JW Marriott/Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing. |
Fire | Manoharpur, Orissa, India | 3 | 22 January 1999 | Australian missionary and sons killed in arson attack. |
Air accident | Lukla, Nepal | 2 | 15 October 2008 | Yeti Airlines Twin Otter aircraft crashes in fog. |
Air accident | London, United Kingdom | 2 | 4 November 1967 | Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed while landing at Heathrow Airport. |
Terrorism | Mumbai, India | 2 | November 2008 | November 2008 Mumbai attacks. |
Air accident | off Mauritius | 2 | 28 November 1987 | South African Airways Flight 295. |
Air accident | near Qazvin, Iran | 2 | 15 July 2009 | Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 |
Air accident | Long Island Sound, United States | 2 | 27 June 2005 | Private light plane crash |
Avalanche | Peru | 2 | 2 August 2007 | Avalanche in Huayhuash peaks in Bolognesi, Peru |
Air accident | Near Hawaii, United States | 2 | 24 February 1989 | United Airlines Flight 811 between Honolulu and Auckland experiences explosive decompression |
Air accident | Los Rodeos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | 2 | 27 March 1977 | KLM and Pan Am jumbos collide on runway (Tenerife disaster) |
Terrorism | Roermond, Netherlands | 2 | 27 May 1990 | two Australian tourists shot by the Provisional IRA, in the mistaken belief they are British military personnel |
Air accident | Bay of Bengal | 2 | 8 November 1935 | Lady Southern Cross, piloted by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, crashes en-route between Allahabad, India and Singapore. |
Avalanche | Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand | 2 | 31 December 2003 | Avalanche hits party climbing Mount Tasman |
See also
- List of shipwrecks
- Timeline of major crimes in Australia
- List of massacres of indigenous Australians
- List of Canadian disasters by death toll
- List of New Zealand disasters by death toll
- List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
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